Abstract
The collection of Vedic texts known as the Upaniṣads have exerted a tremendous influence not only upon Indian intellectual and religious history, but upon the modern West as well, through the thought of enthusiasts such as Arthur Schopenhauer and Ralph Waldo Emerson and teachers from India such as Swami Vivekananda. This paper, based upon a book in progress by the author, traces in broad outline the reception of these texts through the centuries. Starting with a broad overview of the texts themselves, it then moves on to the great Vedāntic commentators–ācāryas like Śaṅkara and Rāmānuja–the translation of these texts into languages such as Persian, Latin, French, German, and English, and their reception by major thought leaders in the modern West.
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